B/c I think it is important for us to understand how the mainstream business
media is portraying design so that we can act more from a more informed
position.

>From a recent poll taken here by the IxDG SC, we learned that a key thingpeople are looking for is information to do better evangelism to their peer
stakeholders (and higher-ups). To do this we need to do the "ethnographic"
research (i.e.

The cover story is the best of product design for 2005 (damn! is the year
over already?).

Just thought I'd let this little community know about it.
I know their online version requires registration, but this one is worth
buying the print version of at your local newstand if you don't subscribe.

I am doing some research on the optimal headcount of internal
usability/UE teams. I am especially interested in the ratio of
information architects, user experience/interaction designers and
software developers required in organizations so that an excellent
level of end-user experience is assured in projects and products.

Google brings back precious little on this topic with most of the
information focused on ROI.

Perficient, Inc., a leading information technology consulting firm in the
central United States, is currently seeking User Experience Designers with
strong user interface design/information, interaction architecture and
usability skills for its St. Louis, Minneapolis and Indianapolis offices.
The Minneapolis and Indianapolis offices are seeking experienced User
Experience Designers. The St.

Hmm...from my experience....it's good for interaction designers to understand interpreting UML written by Product Managers, Business Analysts, Engineers, or other stakeholders in the project. For example, I worked at a software company where our product teams were spread out in three different continents - where lot of team members did not speak/write english fluently, and using UML kind of helped (it helped communication between designers, engineers, PM's and etc using common symbols and lines created from UML).